Tessalit Airport Aéroport de Tessalit | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Tessalit | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,612 ft / 491 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°14′45″N 0°58′50″E / 20.24583°N 0.98056°E | ||||||||||||||
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Tessalit Airport (ICAO: GATS) (French: Aéroport de Tessalit) is a desert airport serving Tessalit, a village in the Kidal Region of Mali. The airport is at the village of Amachach, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of Tessalit. A third, unpaved 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) runway runs parallel to the primary runway. The Tessalit non-directional beacon (Ident: TZE) is located on the airport.[3]